Update Mar 27, 2012: the real story behind President Obama’s hot-mic moment. Original post begins here:You gotta love it when open mikes catch unguarded conversation between global power grabbers like Obama’s Nuclear Summit Gaffe which tells a lot.Is President Obama that confident of his re-election in November 2012? Or do his remarks support my constant grousing of the last few years that movers
Author: jude cowell
New Heart for Dick Cheney w Neptune in 6th house
Transits to Dick Cheney’s Natal Chartby Jude CowellAll weekend you and I have heard of how Dick Cheney is in hospital after having a heart transplanted into his chest cavity. Yet whenever I think of Mr. Cheney, famous quotes like this come to mind:"The common sense of mankind demands that law shall not stop with the punishment of petty crimes by little people. It must also reach men who possess
Uranus Square Pluto 2011 — 2015
Maya del Mar on the Uranus/Pluto Squaresby Jude CowellReady for another dynamic blast from the ongoing Uranus/Pluto squares?In 2004, the wonderful and still-missed Maya del Mar wrote a column concerning America in which she looked ahead at astrological factors including the current Uranus/Pluto squares and their influences upon society. The Picture Ahead for the US is a must-read, or a
Fiery Mark Twain’s Sun Sag/Moon Aries
A Brief Astro-Peek at Mark Twain with quotesby Jude Cowell"Those who don’t read the news are uninformed, those who do are misinformed." Thus spoke Mark Twain, writer and humorist, and my favorite journalist of all time, if I had to choose.Though the birth details of Mr. Twain (born Samuel Clemens) aren’t 100% verified, the following birth data seems to be most prevalently used everywhere I’ve
March 22, 2012: New Moon in Aries
Moon in Aries: I AM the Peopleby Jude CowellTomorrow morning at 10:37 am edt, a New Moon reaches perfection @ 2Ari22, and its 3 twos emphasize the principle of ‘2’–others, partnerships, money, dualism, and so on.Checking the Sabian Symbols for both ‘2Ari’ and ‘3Ari’, let’s see what themes this new cycle may entail over the next two weeks until the Full Moon brings fulfillment of something begun,
An Astro-Peek at Rep. Paul Ryan
An Astro-Peek at Rep. Paul Ryan, Social Darwinist and Rep of the 1%by Jude CowellBorn on January 29, 1970 in Janesville, Wisconsin, Mr. Ryan’s Sun is in the range of 8AQ55 to 9AQ56. His natal Moon ranges from 22Lib49 to 5Sco36, making him either a Sun AQ-Moon Lib, or a Sun AQ-Moon Sco. Both personality combos are detailed below.Using a noon chart for reference, there’s a compulsive-obsessive
Cardinal Crisis 2012 and Beyond
The ongoing Cardinal Crisis pattern of planets, imprinted and driven most forcibly by the Uranus/Pluto square from Mars-ruled Aries to Saturn-ruled Capricorn, just keeps on thundering along and sending out sparks of unrest and generational clashes across the Earth.The Uranus/Pluto square is what I believe is emphasized in mundane horoscopes recently as "A Square Brightly Lighted on One Side"
2012’s 5 Super Moons begin April 6
2012’s Super Moons, their Sabian Symbols, & moreby Jude CowellHere is a list of the five Super Moons occurring in 2012 with three cosmic events added for a somewhat fuller celestial picture of this pivotal year:1. April 6: Full Moon @ 17Lib232. May 6: Full Moon @ 16Sco01>>May 20: Solar Eclipse @ 00Gem213. June 4: Lunar Eclipse @ 14Sag14>>June 24: Uranus/Pluto square perfects (one of seven in
Spring Equinox 2012, Washington DC
Astro-Notes on Spring Equinox 2012by Jude CowellSpring Equinox 2012, or Aries Ingress 2012, if you prefer, manifests on March 20, 2012 at 1:14:09 am edt in Washington DC, with 11Sag56 rising. This chart dovetails with America’s natal Ascendant and house cusps in our nation’s Sibly horoscope (July 4, 1776 5:10 pm lmt Philadelphia, PA) with approximately one degree difference. Ex: instead of
Mercury Rx affects astro-blogger!
Wishing for tech assistance for my new office set-up has so far proven futile, dear reader, with Mercury, ruler of this blogger’s natal horoscope and 10th-house ruler, turned retrograde. Annoyance and frustration are ‘in the air’ so to speak, and there’s no telling when yon wireless service provider will knock upon the door–but first, he must re-ply to his voice mail re-questing assistance!Will